And yet, don’t we often live trapped in fear, broken and enslaved? How worthless this priceless gift becomes when we choose to live as slaves!

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.”John 8.34-36 (NLT)

Jesus died to set us free!

He rose from the grave to set us free!

He lives to set us free!

A friend of our family was a hoarder.She had lived that way so long, her house was bursting at the seams with all the stuff she had collected over the years.Knowing she was in trouble, she reached out to my mom for help.After hours upon hours of work, with a select number of friends who were willing to volunteer their time, they sorted, purged and cleaned her home.

When our friend returned, she flew into a rage and demanded that everything be put back right where it had been!

How similar this story is to our own journey with God. . .

We call on Him to rescue us from our depravity.

He pulls us from the pit of our own making, removes ours chains and washes us clean.

Then we turn right around and wallow in the filth and wrap back up in the shackles of our shame and guilt.

Why?

Because it’s familiar. . .

Because it’s what we’ve always known . . .

Because we feel naked without it . . .

The TRUTH is we aren’t naked and we aren’t imprisoned!

So release the chains of your guilt. Embrace the freedom. You’ve been forgiven.

It’s time to forgive yourself and LIVE FREE!

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I'm an ordinary woman who's in love with an extraordinary God. I'm far from perfect. Make mistakes daily. Know the power of strongholds and have found God's amazing grace covers it all. His grace has overwhelmed my life and I pray it spills out on you. I'm on an incredible journey to share His grace with the world! Won't you join me?

I am a lover of Jesus first, a mom to four grown men and married to my best friend. A writer, speaker and amateur photographer armed with an i-phone, a travel geek, and a confessed tea snob. Crazy about finding kindred spirits in unlikely places and watching God transform a life. On staff with ReachGlobal and traveling the world empowering women with the gospel of Jesus.

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